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“...INDEX.
PAGE
CHINA.
China and the Bible Society. G. W.
Sheppard ... ... ... ... 206, 229
China and the Treaties ... ... ... 154
China and Independence. G. W.
Sheppard ... ... ... 206, 229
Pilgrimage to Tai Shan. Miss Armitt
28, 41, 70, 87
NORTH CHINA.
Confusion in China. F. B. Turner ... 21
China, On going to. H. T. Cook ... 190
China and the Schools ... ... ... 225
Diary about China. F. B. Turner ... 65
Laoling Fair. D'. H. Smith ... ... 72
Seven Days. D. V. Godfrey ... ... 81
Wedding at Peitaiho ... ... ... 222
Yung Ping Affray. H. S. Redfern ... 216
SOUTH-EAST CHINA.
China Calling. W. P. Bates ...........211
Ningpo. W. Tremberth... 141, 168, 192
Ningpo. J. Rothwell ... ... ... 74
Soothill. Prof. T. M. Gauge ... ... 54
Students. W. Tremberth ... ... 75
Students. T. W. Chapman ... ... 174
Visit to China. W. E. Soothill 181, 209
Wenchow. J. Rothwell.................. 48
Wenchow, Soothill at. I. Scott ... 152
Trekking East. F. S. Dymond ... 189
SOUTH-WEST CHINA.
Brigands. F. W. Cottrell ...”
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“...Holidays with Jesus
Through Autumn to Spring
With Christ in China
To Miss Ford. P. H. Jackson
Africa. A. S. Cripps ...
At Jesu’s Feet. M. Netherwood
Dymond, To Frank. L. H. C.
Easter. M. C. Rock
His Name Shall Be-------. Miss Syson
Missionary Hymn. W. F. Newsam
Tune. E. C. Bartlett ...
Missionary Box. L. H. C.
Searchings. W. H. Abbott
Sursum Corda. H. W. Worth ...
Unbelieving World. F. W. Faber
You believe not in Missions? W. H
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ILLUSTRATIONS.
CHINA.
Boys of China Singing ...
Climbing Tai Shan
Confucian Temple ...
Imperial Throne
Lower Stone Road, Tai Shan
Ridge
South Heavenly Gate
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29, 41,42, 43
70, 71
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CHINA NORTH.
A Gateway ....... ... ... 72
A Rest on the Way ... ... ... 217
On the Road ... ... ..... 81
Dr. Robson’s Ruined House ... ... 216
Wedding at Peitaiho ... .....222
SOUTH-EAST CHINA.
Bible Students ... ... ... ... 99
Bible Women ...........”
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“...January, 1926,
East and West.
Rev. WM. ALEX. GRIST.
mercial exchange of commodities to a
free interchange of intellectual and spiri-
tual goods. The translation of the Sac-
red Books of the East has proved no mean
contribution to the spiritual thought of
the West. The first qualification for
friendship among nations is knowledge
and mutual understanding. Being Chris-
tians we are persuaded that in all things
Jesus Christ shall have the pre-eminence.
We must not imagine that the present
state of China is any reason for abandon-
ing our missionary enterprise in that
Rev. Wm. Alex. Grist....”
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“...seem, it is a rapidly-growing organiza-
tion, and its moral influence penetrates
far beyond the recognized adherents of
Jesus Christ.
Among the beneficent activities of
Christianity in China and India is that of
A faithful Indian Evangelist.' [Favoured by W.M.M.S.
Do not his eyes seem to say, “ The Methodists in Britain will never
desert us or forget” ?
arousing and evoking the highest expres-
sion of the best minds of Confucianism,
Buddhism and Hinduism. The Christian
Evangel proves itself everywhere to be
the most potent stimulus and educator of
the native mind. The Christian religion,
notwithstanding its exclusive claims upon
the heart’s supreme loyalty, draws info
alliance with itself all the best spiritual
forces of a race. And because of the
alliance of the Confucian ethic with Chris-
tian thought in China to-day, we believe
that the so-called Yellow Peril will be-
come the “golden opportunity ” of a
noble internationalism. Pride of a great
past and consciousness of racial equality
with...”
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“...which all Churches
now join. It may well be that this obedi-
ence to the command of the Risen Christ,
to make Christians of all nations, will yet
prove the one force which will save the
world from the barbarism of war. Chris-
tianity is essentially international : Jesus
Christ breaks down all barriers of race
and creates a universal brotherhood. Per-
haps India and China may some day join
in sending representatives of a higher
phase of Christianity to- England to win
us to a fuller interpretation, of, and
greater loyalty to, the mind of Jesus
Christ. We do not yet see all the possi-
bilities and consequences of this mission-
ary enterprise ; but we know that we are
following the command of our Lord ; that
it has already achieved great results and
shall achieve yet greater ; and that it is
the most Christ-like, chivalrous and
farthest-reaching movement of the Chris-
tian Churches.
Our Prayer for the New Year.
(A ROUNDEL.)
(In Remembrance of December 1st.)
Be this New Year a year of peace...”
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“...the preparedness of heart to re-
Boys of China singing "God so loved the World.”
[Favotired. by-" China’s Millions.”
Rev. C. STEDEFORD.
ceive them? Are we attempting to do
spiritual work with unspiritual agencies?
Prayer will clear the channels of blessing
which have become choked, will clothe
the Church with attractive radiancy, and
make her the minister of reconciliation in
both national and international affairs.
Let the year he a year of -prayer.
Revision An important Commis-
of Treaties sion began its sittings
with China. in Shanghai on December
18th. The Commission
was established by the Conference of
Powers on the Limitation of Armaments,
held at Washington in the year 1922.
A Treaty was then concluded in which
the Contracting Powers, other than
China, agreed :
“ 1. To respect the sovereignty, the in-
dependence, and the territorial and ad-
ministrative integrity of China ;
2. To provide the fullest and most un-
embarrassed opportunity to China to de-
velop and maintain for herself...”
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“...resolution of our
own Committee is as follows :
“That the United Methodist Foreign
Missions Board, having considered the
general situation in China, desire to ex-
press their support of the action of the
British Government at the Washington
Disarmament Conference in 1922, and
their entire sympathy with the statements
recently made by the Prime Minister and
the Foreign Secretary with regard to the
revision of the existing treaties. The
Board pray that Divine guidance may be
given to the proposed Conference in
♦Peking, and trust that as an outcome
there may be entire mutual agreement be-
tween China, acting as an equal Sove-
reign State, and the other Powers con-
cerned, with regard to the basis on which
the rights of missionaries and missionary
societies in China should in future rest. ”
A brighter outlook will be given to the
Church of Christ in China, if a wise settle-
ment of the questions remitted to the
Commission removes the objections to
Christianity which arise from its being
regarded...”
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“...of our mission in that
town. Mr. Dymond returns- to a. former
sphere where he is known and esteemed.
The Chinese Ambassador.
Yen Hui Ch’xng (anglice Mr. W. W.
Yen) is the newly-appointed Chinese
Minister to Great Britain. He was born
in 1877, and received his education at St.
John’s College, Shanghai, and at Yale.
When Yuan Shih Kai formed the first
Republican Government he was appointed
Secretary for Foreign Affairs. “It was
at this time,” writes a correspondent,
“that I first met him. Yuan decided to
put religious toleration in the constitu-
tion, and a few of us were called to his
office, where he made known his intention.
A few days later a mass meeting was held
in Peking, where Mr. Yen represented the
President in repeating the declaration.”
He is the son of the Rev. Y. K. Yen, of
the American Episcopal Church. He has
been Minister to Germany and Denmark,
and in 1921 he acted as Premier for a
short time. It is significant that so able
a statesman is sent to represent China at
the Court...”
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“...the human instrument being that
great heart, Francis Jewell—a man with
a manner and a banner. Truth came to
him through a rich personality, and from
that moment he never ceased to wonder
that “ God so loved the world that He
gave His only begotten Son.” As with
Paul, so his missionary activity sprang
from the fount of a wondrous experience
of Christ in the heart. His was “a
mighty debt,” and he felt that however
hard he toiled, he could never repay it.
Born again through the ministry of a
home mission church, he retained his first
8...”
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“...The Late SamuebArnold
love and lengthened his gaze to the
regions beyond.
Besides the moral and spiritual enrich-
ment of his personality there was the
favourable environment. Packington
Street, in the days of Britannia Fields
(literally) wasi the scene of the labours of
the Rev. J. Maughan, a pioneer mission-
ary to Australia. My predecessor, the
Rev. William Eddon, received his com-
mission for China whilst ministering
there. Missions thus became the life-
breath of this little church tucked away
among tenement houses and standing as
a postern gate to declining Islington. It
sought to save those at its doors, and then
taught them’ enlarged service. In recent
years the success of this branch of the
work is largely owing to the leadership,
enterprise and organization of our friend.
He gave nobly of time and money him-
self ; he inspired others to follow him till
the advocacy and support of missions be-
came a constant, steady, prayerful out-
flow instead of an intermittent stream
stirred...”
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“...An Encounter
with Brigands.
LTHOUGH we in West China are
not privileged to experience some
of the thrills which break the
monotony at home—Hobbs’s «th cen-
tury, shingled hair, and Oxford trousers,
lose some of their glamour by the time
we hear of them-—yet life in these parts
is not entirely without incident. In the
early months of 1925 we had such a
famine as has not been known here be-
fore ; followed by the usual epidemic of
fever, until over ten thousand are reck-
oned to have died in and around Chao
T’ong. Then, twice during the last six
weeks, this city has been attacked by
large bands of brigands, a thing hardly
dreamed of hitherto, and now, it has
fallen to my lot to meet with an experi-
ence which is certainly unique in this
mission, and, I believe, as far as our
work in other provinces is concerned.
Last week-end, I went to Stone Gate-
way for the harvest festival, and on Tues-
day morning, left there with two Miao
to return to the city. As you know, the
stations are about t...”
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“...on February 6th in the City Temple.
5.30, Workers’ Conference : 6.30, Great
Rally of United Methodist youth. Church
and School workers are earnestly re-
quested to note the date, and to attend.
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Bracken root being: prepared for food. (P. 13).
L7?ex’. H. Parsons.
Full details may be obtained of the Rev.
H. H. Riley, District Young People’s
Secretary.
Unrest in China.
The article by Dr. Henry T. Hodgkin,
which appeared in the International Re-
view of Missions for October, has been
reprinted as a pamphlet (3d.), and may
be obtained from
2 Eaton Gate,
S.W. 1, through
our Pub lishing
House. It is en-
titled" The Church
in China at the
Cross Roads,’’and
all readers of the
review can recom-
mend it as grip-
ping the situation.
The Story
of Manoo.
A service of song,
prepared by the
Rev. W. Vivian,
describing life in
Mendiland, Sierra
Leone. It can be
used so easily that
we beg our folk
to ask their mis-
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“...The Observatory
sionary secretary for a specimen copy.
The price is 2d., and the illustrative
hymns are chosen from The Methodist
School Hymnal, and reference is given.
Chinese Contrasts.
In an otherwise-excellent article, in a
recent “Blackwood,” with this title, by
“A.M.,” we read:
“ Ira over twenty years of keeping house
in China, I only met with one instance of
dishonesty on the part of a servant.
“ I hesitate to quote it lest I should
appear prejudiced against a class of men
for whom, on the contrary—and es-
pecially for whose motives and self-sacri-
fice—I have the deepest respect.
“ But it was rather a striking coinci-
dence that the only time I ever employed
a Christian boy should have also been the
only time I was robbed. He was a tem-
porary boy, engaged for a few weeks
only, and after he had left I discovered
that a valuable gold watch and a Panama
hat had left with him. Except for these,
I did not mourn his departure. He was
conceited, inefficient—and in particular
puffed-up...”
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“...offered £28.
We told David that Solomon Gabriel
had outbid him, but David decided that
he couldn’t rise any higher.
Meanwhile Moses Joseph arrived and
bid £29.
Solomon Gabriel was informed and
promptly rose to £30.
Unless Moses Joseph or some other
patriarch or apostle goes one better,
Solomon Gabriel will get it for £30.
How do you like their names? They
are all quite real ones, though not pro-
nounced in quite the English way.
“The Wayfarer.”
“ Talks on China To-Day.”*
These talks present to youthful minds
a picture of China as it is. The items are
six : At School, Scouting, A Chinese
Doctor, Troublous Day, A Great Deci-
sion, Winning Through.
Taking the first as an example, we
are shown the home, the school, the visi-
tors. The school boy is called what means
in English “Little dog,” and his progress
in learning is described. The treatment
of each division is intelligible, suitable
and most useful.
Edinburgh House Press; Is.
H...”
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“...we have devoted and competent
observers who sense the world-wide
situation and report as far as possible
and from time to time how the battle is
proceeding.
Mr. Maclennan supplies a sufficient
coup d'ceil of the situation tragically re-
vealed by the World War, coming as it
did on the heels of the World Missionary
Conference in 1910. The factors of one
kind and another are fairly reviewed, and
a succinct account is given of the con-
ditions in which Christian missions are
operating in India, China, Japan, and the
Orient in general. The peculiar problem
of Africa is also well treated, and a spe-
cially interesting chapter (vi.) on the
break-up of Pan-Islam, calls the atten-
tion of the English reader to a subject
of which he is too often content to be
ignorant. We should remember that
there are millions of our fellow-subjects
who reverence the Prophet, though he
was once described by Charles Wesley
(in a hymn now not usually sung) as “that
Impostor ”
“That Arab-thief, as Satan bold,
Who...”
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“...My message must be brief, but I would
make its very brevity plead.
St. Paul wrote to the Church at
Corinth—“For a great door and effectual
is opened unto me, and there are many
adversaries ”—and to-day the same is
true. Let us thank God for the great
door opened, and pray and pray again,
that the adversaries who bar the entrance
of Light and Love and Peace may be over-
come by the Holy Spirit’s power, and that
the Dawn of the Day of the Lord may
brighten into the splendour of the noon-
day in China and Africa.
L. Rounsefell.
Greetings from our
Vice-Presidents.
Mrs. WARD, Sheffield.
Knowing God planned the work, we
have cause to thank Him for His guid-
ance and for the way he has enabled us to
accomplish something for Him.
Some of the experiences of the past
year have brought sadness to us, but we
have also had times of much joy and glad-
ness. Let us, therefore, trust our Leader
for the future, each doing our best, leav-
ing the results with Him.
I wish you all that is best for the
coming...”
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“...From the wise heavens I half shall smile and see
How little a world which owned you, needed me.
— Francis Thompson.
China in Confusion.
Rev.
FRANK B. TURNER.
yOU will probably be looking- for a
word from me in regard to the
present condition of things in
China : a condition affecting the greater
part of the country, and particularly this
North China region.
The excitement, agitation and excesses
following the Shanghai trouble in May
were indeed enough ; but to these has
been added civil war.
Let me try to explain the confused'
situation.
Last year the President, Tsao Kun,.
who, as everybody knows, bought his way
I.—The Imperial throne. Peking. Is this now a mere relic?
February, 1926.
[Rev. G. W. Sheppard....”
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“...China in Confusion
to power by wholesale bribery of parlia-
mentarians, was deposed and arrested and
is still in durance vile.
A Provisional Government was set up ;
and Tuan Chi Jui was asked to assume
the position, not of President, but of
“Provisional Chief Executive.” He has
only, however, been able to act by con-
sultation with, and by favour of the two
great militarists in the North, Chang Tso
Lin and Feng Yu Hsiang ; and by play-
ing these against each other and count-
ing on their mutual jealousy.
Chang Tso Lin, Feng Yu Hsiang, and
Wu Pei Fu are the three great military
leaders : and each aims at the Dictatorship
•of the whole country : each calls it
“ unification.”
The civil war last year was between
Chang and Wu : the latter was then
hopelessly defeated through the defection
—I think justifiably—of Feng Yu Hsiang,
then one of Wu’s subordinate generals.
Chang Tso Lin, who for years has
ruled, and ruled well, the three Man-
churian provinces, has steadily strength-
ened his position...”
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“...Delegation. large balance due as
Boxer Indemnity to pur-
poses which may most effectively advance
the best interests of the Chinese people is,
after unfortunate delay, being put into
operation. It has been announced that
three members of the Government Com-
mittee dealing with this question will go
as a delegation to China in order to confer
with an equal number of representatives
of the Chinese Government in devising the
wisest schemes for using the money. We
are pleased to know that Rev. W. E.
Soothill, M.A., is a member of this delega-
tion. The delegation left for China on
January 15 th.
Mr. Soothill will thereby add to the dis-
tinguished service he has rendered to
China. It falls to few men to have the
honour of serving two great nations. We
believe the work of this delegation will
greatly improve the relationship between
the British and the Chinese people, and
provide for the Chinese a source of last-
ing good out of the evil of the Boxer
wickedness.
The British members of the Delegation...”
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“...Mendi-
land Mission. The lapse of years has
not dimmed the vividness of his memo-
ries, nor diminished the intensity of his
missionary love for the Mendi people.
That love has given birth to a book suf-
fused with an enlightened compassion,
brightened by a humour which glints
around every scene, and charged with the
divinest purpose that can move the hearts
of men.
“ Lessons on Coincident with the ap-
onr West pearance of “Mendiland
Africa Memories,” our Young
District.” People’s Committee is
publishing, chiefly for
Sunday School workers, a booklet con-
taining four lessons on our West Africa
District, prepared by Miss G. Blumer.
With remarkable skill, Miss Blumer has
woven the story of the Mission upon the
dark background of African sorrows, set-
ting in contrast slavery and emancipation,
despair and hope. Freetown is shown
as an illustration not only of the British
power which liberated slaves, but also of
the Gospel-power which uplifted them.
The opening of the Mendi Mission and
the tragic...”
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